From: Phillip Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com>
To: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: setarch treats all x86 variants as i686?
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 10:48:12 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52F651BC.9090109@ubuntu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1445010.UmVgbvgH5k@vapier>
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On 02/08/2014 06:26 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> no. setarch is merely calling the kernel and the kernel is doing
> this. see `man personality` for more details.
Ahh, looking at the syscall it is clear that there is only a generic
linux 32 vs 64 bit flag, so setarch must be aliasing ix86 to the
generic 32 bit flag. The man page probably should be a little more
clear that these aliases all map to the same thing.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-08 15:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-06 20:53 setarch treats all x86 variants as i686? Phillip Susi
2014-02-08 11:26 ` Mike Frysinger
2014-02-08 15:48 ` Phillip Susi
2014-02-08 15:48 ` Phillip Susi [this message]
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